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By Sarah Staples – AskMen.com #1. Only one thing better than experimenting with high-tech vehicles is turning one into a giant fishing lure — with you inside as bait. Stanley Submarines’ custom-built, submersible Idable ferries you down 1,500 feet off … Continue reading →

Patric Douglas – Saturday, June 20, 2009 – SharkDiver.com A few years ago I was in Honduras with our company looking for whale sharks. While the island of Utila turned out to be hit and miss for commercial shark diving … Continue reading →

By Marc AuMarc and Madam J – April 13 2009 – Les Fruits De Mer Although it is the antithesis of Extreme Shallow Snorkeling, this is without a doubt the single most amazing experience of my life. Our trip lasted … Continue reading →

By Jeff Wise – October 21, 2008 – CNN Money Karl Stanley is a very happy man: he just found a dead horse. The entrepreneur made the discovery while cruising in his submarine, the Idabel, 1,700 feet beneath the waters … Continue reading →

By Thayer Walker – June 2008 – Outside Magazine Karl Stanley’s homemade submarine has sprung a leak. It’s a discovery both fortuitous and disconcerting. Fortuitous because I notice it as we bob on the surface of the placid Caribbean Sea, … Continue reading →

By Paul Kvinta – February 2008 – Outside’s Go I’ve been chewed up and spit out by a number of woman in my life, but in terms of sheer nastiness, what Idabel did to me off the coast of Roatán … Continue reading →

By Ethan Gordon – March 2007 – Fathoms Magazine It was just past midnight and I was starting to fade. So were my companions Karl Stanley and his girlfriend Jan Olson. We were sitting on the bottom of the ocean … Continue reading →